I'm looking for a bit of help and hopefully this is the correct place.
We are currently nearly 11 weeks pregnant and planning on telling very close friends and family after our 12 week scan. One of my best friends has been ttc for over 2 years and has had various tests which have started the ball rolling for IVF. I know she is devastated and is desperate for a baby. She has talked about how hard it has been for her to see other friends pregnancies and babies all over Facebook and how, whilst she is happy for them, she feels like a failure and struggles with it being 'in her face'.
I know she will be delighted for us but I also know she will be so sad that it hasn't yet happened for her and won't be able to hide this when we tell her. We hadn't even told her we were ttc as we live some distance away and I don't like having those kind of discussions over the phone. We unexpectedly conceived pretty much straight away too.
I'm wondering if anyone has experience of anything similar? How do I tell her and her DH without making things seem worse for them?
Sorry for the ramble!!
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How to tell close friend struggling to conceive that you're pregnant?
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ScottyAl · 17/07/2016 10:58
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